Aoyama 2006
| Methods | RCT enrolled: 160 evaluated: 132 | |
| Participants | Inclusion: 1. 1‐ 4 brain metastases 2. size ≤ 3 cm 3. pathologically confirmed systemic cancer Exclusion: 1. History of brain irradiation or surgery 2. small cell cancer, lymphoma, germinoma, myeloma, non‐melanomatous skin cancer | |
| Interventions | Radiosurgery alone versus WBRT and radiosurgery | |
| Outcomes | 1. Overall survival 2. Cause of death 3. Proportion with KPS ≥ 70 4. Neurologic functional preservation rate 5. Freedom from metachronous brain metastases 6. Freedom from new brain metastases 7. Salvage treatment for new/recurrent brain metastases 8. Local tumor control rate | |
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